Meads stayed on his farm near the small township at Te Kuiti until his death.

He played for the All Blacks 133 times, a number only exceeded by modern-day great Richie McCaw. "I didn't do it purposely to hurt him, I had hold of one leg and his other leg was stuck and he did the splits and was hurt terribly".

In 1967 he was sent from the field during a test match against Scotland. He retired from worldwide rugby in 1971 after captaining a young All Blacks team to their first ever series loss to the British and Irish Lions.

It was a reputation that Meads was happy to cultivate in later life, however, when he found a niche as an after-dinner speaker, regaling crowds with some of the tall tales and myths that had attached themselves to his name.

"Colin Meads was legendary and it is fitting that Te Kuiti has a marvellous statute of him".

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He survived by his wife, Lady Verna Meads, five children - Karen, Kelvin, Rhonda, Glynn and Shelley - 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

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Krzanich also said he called on leaders to condemn the white supremacists who participated in the Virginia rally. "I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism", Frazier said .

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He also called for the resumption of a dialogue with North Korea. "President Donald Trump's national security adviser, H.R. But in the last few weeks, China has appeared to take measures to keep its bad-behaving neighbor in check.

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